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Mildner, Sandra, of Deerfield Beach and formerly of Montreal, Canada passed away September 19, 2017.Beth Israel Delray Chapel
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The American Jewish Committee, a global Jewish advocacy organization, is celebrating the opening of a new Central Europe office.
The AJC, a 111-year-old organization based in New York, has a long history of engagement in the region. It was the first...

As news of Fidel Castro's death spread throughout the United States, hundreds of people critical of Castro cheered - including elected officials who have been vocal critics of the dictator's reign.
Three U.S. senators are Cuban American - Robert...

For most South Florida teachers, Sept. 11, 2001, is a day they will never forget. For many of their students, it's a day they don't remember.
It's been 15 years since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, longer than most students in...

It was on a quiet Saturday night, in a large house near Biscayne Bay.There, one or two score of Cuban dissidents met with a handful of Cuban exiles interested in hearing from these dissidents what they thought of what was happening in Cuba — and...

Calling and text messaging between the U.S. and Cuba can be expensive and cumbersome, but a new Fort Lauderdale company is working to make communications cheaper and simpler.
SMS Cuba is the latest venture of telecom entrepreneur Frank S. Caruso, 49, who...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Israel and Germany and the relationship between both nations continues to flourish.
Aviad Arik Herman, an internationally renowned Israeli costume designer, was chosen to design the...

The fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years ago, heralding the end to the Cold War between East and West, showed the world "dreams can come true" and should inspire people trapped in tyranny everywhere, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday.Festivities to mark...

The Air Force just can’t let go of the B-52.
In the world of heavy bombers, none has prevailed as long as the B-52 Stratofortress. The Cold Warrior joined the U.S. arsenal in 1954, eventually becoming part of a nuclear triad that, along with strategic...

Journalism icon Dan Rather has been added to the Broward College Speaker Series, with a talk titled “Rather Outspoken: What I’ve Learned From a Lifetime of Reporting” set for 7:30 p.m. April 18 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort...

About halfway through “Atomic Blonde,” Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron), a lethal MI6 superwoman on assignment in Cold War-era Berlin, goes to see Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Stalker.” OK, not really. Her latest intrigue leads her to an Alexanderplatz theater...

Helmut Kohl, the physically imposing German chancellor whose reunification of a nation divided by the Cold War put Germany at the heart of a united Europe, has died at 87.
Kohl's Christian Democratic Union party posted on Twitter: "We are in sorrow. #RIP...

Referencing the uncertainty ushered in with the election of President Donald Trump, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists on Thursday moved its Doomsday Clock 30 seconds closer to midnight, a sign the world faces more danger than it did previously.
The...

To get to the Middle East from the center of Berlin, you need only a $3 ticket for a short subway ride that will transport you to another world in less than 10 minutes.
Trudging up the concrete steps from yellow subway line No. 8 at Hermannplatz...

As news of Fidel Castro's death spread throughout the United States, hundreds of people critical of Castro cheered - including elected officials who have been vocal critics of the dictator's reign.
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Actress Tamlyn Tomita ("Joy Luck Club," "The Day After Tomorrow," "The Karate Kid 2") is loving her latest series, the Epix espionage drama, "Berlin Station." One of the perks of working in Berlin is getting to sightsee on her days off. "After the fall of...

Netflix is the big winner among the entertainment and children’s programs honored this year with Peabody Awards.
The digital streaming service is the home of three of the 11 programs selected for the awards presented annually by the University of...

Conductor Kurt Masur, who was credited with helping prevent violence after the collapse of communism in East Germany and later reinvigorated the New York Philharmonic during an 11-year stint as music director, has died at 88.Masur's tenure, one of the...

Leonard Reinsfelder's wife found a note on her car as she was leaving a shopping center one day: "Have your husband give us a call. We think we could use him."
There was a phone number, and nothing else.
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Germany marks a quarter-century as a reunited nation on Saturday, with two leaders from the formerly communist east heading a country that increasingly asserts itself as Europe's political heavyweight — and now faces a new challenge in a refugee influx...